Join Amarillo Public Library and Panhandle PBS for a special screening and discussion of "Witness," a 2017 Panhandle PBS documentary exploring the life and impact of Maria Madi, at 7 p.m. on Thursday, October 20 at the Southwest Branch Library, 6801 W. 45th in Amarillo.
Maria Madi was a Hungarian doctor who hid her Jewish friend and the woman's nephew during the Nazi occupation of Budapest. Decades later, Panhandle PBS interviewed the boy that Maria saved about his memories of the Holocaust and Madi's bravery. These stories, as well as tales told in Madi's 16 diary notebooks and context provided by a historian with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum will be explored. The discussion will be moderated by program producer/host Karen Welch of Panhandle PBS, with special guest Steve Walton, Madi's grandson.
This screening is a part of a series of educational programs organized by the Amarillo Public Library around the "Americans and the Holocaust" exhibition at the Downtown Library, on display from September 17 – October 23. For more information about the exhibition and related events, visit amarillolibrary.org or call (806)378-3089. For more information about the Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein film, "The U.S. and the Holocaust," including viewing opportunities, local content, national virtual events and educator resources, visit panhandlePBS.org/USandtheHolocaustor call (806)371-5479.
